Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study by Ontario. Department of Education
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"Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study" by Ontario Department of Education is a comprehensive educational manual written in the early 20th century. The work serves as a guide for teachers in Ontario to implement nature study lessons in elementary education. The manual outlines various methods, materials, and lesson topics aimed at fostering children's observational skills and understanding of the natural world. At the start of this manual, the authors emphasize the significance of
nature study and its role in engaging students with their environment. The opening sections detail the aims of nature study, advocating for hands-on experience with natural elements, and underline the importance of adapting lessons to suit local conditions and seasons. It stresses the necessity for teachers to inspire genuine interest in nature among pupils, supporting this goal with strategies such as school excursions and practical gardening activities, engaging each learner directly in the observation of plants, animals, and their ecosystems. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Ontario. Department of Education |
|---|---|
| Title | Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study |
| Credits |
Produced by Suzanne Lybarger, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 70.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | LB: Education: Theory and practice of education |
| LoC Class | Q: Science |
| Subject | Science -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Ontario |
| Subject | Nature study |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 26139 |
| Release Date | Jul 28, 2008 |
| Last Update | Jan 3, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 8072 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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